Student Community & Leadership Development

What’s A ‘Frosh Kit’?

I’m sure that, by now, you’ve heard this term being thrown around quite a few times:

Frosh Kit.

Some of you may have even registered for Social Orientation and purchased yours already.

But what exactly is a ‘Frosh Kit’? What’s in it, and why is it important? These are some of the questions I’ll be trying to answer for you in this article.

What is a Frosh Kit?

Here’s a sample of what this year’s New College Frosh Kits will look like!

Frosh Kits are put up for sale every year in preparation for Orientation Week. They are tote bags full of all the essentials for O-Week from your college, such as…

A Shoestring Backpack

This is the bag that will be used to hold all of the other awesome stuff (but the bag in itself is awesome).

Water Bottle

Because all the running around, getting to know the campus, and attending amazing events, activities, parties, and sports games during Orientation Week means that you’ll have to stay hydrated — and why not do it with a water bottle with your college’s) O-Week logo on it?

Your college’s O-Week shirts are the only ones of their kind. No other college has the same one, and no other group of first year students at York will have had the same one. Needless to say, it’s pretty special — and it’s sure to bring back tons of amazing memories when you wear it again after the end of O-Week.

And…

Oh yes, Much More!

But you’ll have to wait until you get yours to find out about the rest!

Now, you may be thinking to yourself: I saw the price of my frosh kit — it seems a bit high for just that? What’s so special about it?

Well, there is one more thing that will be included in your Frosh Kit which is definitely the most important thing for you to have for Orientation Week. And that is…

Your College Orientation’s Official Event Bracelet!

This bracelet is your golden ticket to orientation — in fact, it is required that you wear this bracelet at all times during your college’s O-Week, and it will ensure your admission to all the events throughout! Essentially your kit payment goes towards the cost of: events, entertainment, transportation, food … worth WAY more than the price you pay for your kit.